Asus Z170 PRO GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z170 PRO GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '19 at 07:59
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 283 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 780 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 776 48% 776 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 373F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 141 Parallax 131 106% 134 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,529 Write 824 Mixed 640 219% 998 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 49.5 199% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 697 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 378 300% 432 MB/s
Poor: 109% Great: 220%
WD WD10EZRX-00D8PB0 1TB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 60GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 74 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 75.5 Write 70 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 73.1 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 81%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 530GB free Firmware: JE4OA60B SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 92 92 92 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 93 Write 86 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 91.6 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 53%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 427GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 172 173 172 173 171 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 147 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 171 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 103GB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 63 65 63 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42% Average	Read 83.8 Write 76 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 62.6 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 576 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 24.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 27.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 99%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170 PRO GAMING - $295

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	6,640x
Core i5-6600KIntel $130Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	3,681x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	1,045x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	2,170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	1,385x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1,251x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	887x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	788x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	322x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	810x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	569x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	560x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16